I learned very much from these short interviews, much more than I would have expected. There was a lot of rasism, as in Jim Coles case. They wouldn't allow him to join a union because of his skin color. Sexism also was a large problem, as demonstrated by Anna and Alice, who faced obstacles that men wouldn't have to deal with. But even for normal people, life wasn't easy. They faced dangerous jobs, unfair bosses, and crime in their jobs, and some had to resort to jobs they would never have done if they weren't so hard pressed for money. But some people dealed with it well. Some people focused on what they did have, rather than what they didn't. Some had clever ways of drawing in buisness. But all in all, it was a bad time for the majority of people in the country. -Matt
From reading all of the following interviews i learned alot about the people and all the hard ship that they had to go through. Chris Thorsten was a 51 year old man who had much hard ship, he worked on a fishing boat that was docked in new orleans he said " You ain't an Iron worker unless you get killed...Men hurt on all jobs. Take the Washington Bridge, the Triboro Bridge. Plenty of men hurt on those jobs. Two men killed on the Hotel New Yorker. I drove rivets all the way on that job. When I got hurt I was squeezed between a crane and a collar bone broke and all the ribs in my body and three vertebrae. I was laid up for four years." He talks about what he had to go through as a working man as long as others. Mr. Garavelli was a stone cutter, and he talked about was it was like doing that job. Many people died because of the silica. Talking more about jobs is Alice Caudle was a miller worked and she talked about how she started at age 10 and worked her whole like in the mill. Packing house workers had it hard as well,Anna Novak, Jim Cole were packing farm workers, andIrving Fajans a department store employee. They talked about the hard ships and what they went throught so that they were able to get thier money, working hours on end for extremely little pay.
There were plenty of hard times that went on in the city, man were intervied but names werent given and they talked about what happend with in the city. They talked about how god made the land for everyone and everything and no matter what is going that it always looks so beautiful.They talked about how rich people may have more money but they breath the same air, and life is just as good. Then later they talked about the women and what they thought about everything that was happening, women worked fro every single penny that they got but they never received enough respect. Mrs. Elizabeth E. Miller (Grammy Miller) who had many children and was always like the big mother. Mrs. Mayme Reese who was a housewife who stayed home all day cooked, clean and toke care of the children. Women were under appreciated and did so much for her husband and children and rarely got anything in return, just insults about how she was a women.
- Ashley.
What I learned in the great depression is that it was a time when jobs were really low income was at a low rate at this time; laces were cheaper and it was a struggle to survive and to pay for the things you need. Jobs in the factories were getting worse and safety was becoming an issue. Conditions in the factories were a health hazard; they didn’t have the money to fix up things or make things safer for the environment. Food expenses were very high so some people back then focused more on agricultural; for example; many had there own gardens to produce food then going out to buy it because of the prices and the cut of money.
-Nicole
From reading all of the following interviews i learned alot about the people and all the hard ship that they had to go through. Chris Thorsten was a 51 year old man who had much hard ship, he worked on a fishing boat that was docked in new orleans he said " You ain't an Iron worker unless you get killed...Men hurt on all jobs. Take the Washington Bridge, the Triboro Bridge. Plenty of men hurt on those jobs. Two men killed on the Hotel New Yorker. I drove rivets all the way on that job. When I got hurt I was squeezed between a crane and a collar bone broke and all the ribs in my body and three vertebrae. I was laid up for four years." He talks about what he had to go through as a working man as long as others. Mr. Garavelli was a stone cutter, and he talked about was it was like doing that job. Many people died because of the silica. Talking more about jobs is Alice Caudle was a miller worked and she talked about how she started at age 10 and worked her whole like in the mill. Packing house workers had it hard as well,Anna Novak, Jim Cole were packing farm workers, andIrving Fajans a department store employee. They talked about the hard ships and what they went throught so that they were able to get thier money, working hours on end for extremely little pay.
There were plenty of hard times that went on in the city, man were intervied but names werent given and they talked about what happend with in the city. They talked about how god made the land for everyone and everything and no matter what is going that it always looks so beautiful.They talked about how rich people may have more money but they breath the same air, and life is just as good. Then later they talked about the women and what they thought about everything that was happening, women worked fro every single penny that they got but they never received enough respect. Mrs. Elizabeth E. Miller (Grammy Miller) who had many children and was always like the big mother. Mrs. Mayme Reese who was a housewife who stayed home all day cooked, clean and toke care of the children. Women were under appreciated and did so much for her husband and children and rarely got anything in return, just insults about how she was a women.
- Ashley.
What I learned in the great depression is that it was a time when jobs were really low income was at a low rate at this time; laces were cheaper and it was a struggle to survive and to pay for the things you need. Jobs in the factories were getting worse and safety was becoming an issue. Conditions in the factories were a health hazard; they didn’t have the money to fix up things or make things safer for the environment. Food expenses were very high so some people back then focused more on agricultural; for example; many had there own gardens to produce food then going out to buy it because of the prices and the cut of money.
-Nicole